Garment-hanger.



G. F. GOELZ.

GARMENT HANGER.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 9, 1914.

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GEORGE E. GOELZ, OF WEST NEW YORK, NEW JERSEY.

GARMENT-HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 29, 1916.

Application filed December 9, 1914. Serial No. 876,281.

I '0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE F. GoELz, acitizen of the United States, and residing at West New York, in thecounty of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Garment-Hangers, of which the following is aspecification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to garment hangers, and the object thereof is toprovide an improved device of this class which is designed for use inclosets, wardrobes and similar places, and particularly for use inclosets or wardrobes having transverse shelves in the top thereof; afurther object being to provide a garment hanger which is simple inconstruction and comparatively inexpensive, and which may be quickly andeasily applied for use in closets or wardrobes of the class specified.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, ofwhich the accompanying drawing forms a part, in which the separate partsof my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters ineach of the views, and in which Figure 1 is a sectional view showing theconstruction, application and use of my improved garment hanger; Fig. 2a partial section on the line 22 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 a partial section onthe line 33 of Fig. 4; and, Fig. 4 a side and end view of a modifiedform of a detail of construction shown in Fig. 1.

In the drawing forming part of this specification, I have shown at a theback wall of an ordinary clothes closet or wardrobe to which is secureda back board I) over which is placed a shelf 0, all this constructionbeing of the usual form and forming no part of my invention.

In the practice of my invention, I provide a garment hanger, comprisinga tube d in which is placed a telescopic rod 6 which is pointed at itsouter end as shown at c and adapted to'be driven into the board I). Thetube (Z is provided at its outer end with a knob or head f through whichis passed a yoke-shaped device 9 provided with twodiverging side arms 9having backwardly directed hook members g provided with downwardlydirected points 9*. The yokeshaped device 9 is detachable from the knobor head f to facilitate the packing and shipping of the device and isalso rotatable in said knob or head. In the use of this device, thepointed end of the rod 6 is driven into the board 6 after which saidrod, or the free end thereof, is inserted into the tube (1, or said tubeis passed on over the outer end of said rod, after which the yoke-shapeddevice 9 having been connected with the knob or head 7 of said tube andswung into the vertical position in Fig. l and so that the angular hookmembers 9 will extend backwardly over the shelf 0 and the points 9 ofsaid hook members may be driven down into said shelf as shown. When thusplaced in position the hanger proper consisting of the tube cl and rod 6ranges forwardly and backwardly in the closet or wardrobe and as the rode is free to slide in the tube (Z, the length of this part of the devicemay be adjusted to suit the width of the shelf 0, as will be readilyunderstood, and when placed in position as shown and described anordinary coat or similar hanger it having a hook if, or any number ofsaid devices, may be suspended from the parts clc as shown in Figs. 1and 2.

Instead of providing the knob or head 7 0n the outer end of the tube (1,as shown in Fig. 1, said outer end of said tube may be provided withprojecting ears or similar devices c' having holes 2' through which theyoke-shaped member 9 may be passed, as will be readily understood, andas shown in Figs. 3 and 4, and other changes in and modifications of theconstruction herein described may be made, within the scope of theappended claim, without departing from the spirit of my invention orsacrificing its advantages, and it will also be understood that the backboard Z2 is not an absolute necessity as the pointed end 6 of the rod 6may be driven into the back wall of the closet or wardrobe, if desired.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

A garment hanger designed for use in a closet or wardrobe having a topshelf, said hanger being composed of telescopic members one of which ispointed at its outer end and adapted to be forced into the back wall ofthe closet and the other being provided presence of the subscribing.Witnesses. this at its Ou n w th. a hing dqhqoleshap d. 7th day 0f D c m1 4-. V .w device adapted to be swung over and en- 7 gage the p ofhesheltneest efrbiifedge .GEQRQ GOELZ- thereof. Witnes se s'E Intestimony that I claim the foregoing u C. MULREANY, as my invention Ihave signed my name in E. THOMPSON.

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